Improvement in barn-door hangers



I W. WPSODEN. Improvement in Barn-Door Hangers.

No.129,065. Patented July 16, 18 72.

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IMPROVEMENT IN BARN-DOOR HANGERS.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,065, dated July16, 1872.

Specification describing a new and Improved Door and Gate Hanger andRoller, invented by WILLIAM W. SODEN, of Unadilla, in the county ofOtsego and State of New York.

The invention relates to improvement in door and gate hangers, andconsists of a grooved rail forthe beveled or oval-faced rollers, withthe side walls cut out or notched down to the bottom of the groove atsuitable intervals along the rail, and, preferably, on the oppositesides alternately, to allow the water or other matters collecting in thegroove, to escape and not obstruct the rollers.

The grooved rails with oval or beveled headrollers, are used inpreference to the oval rails with grooved wheels, to save the expense offorming the grooves in said wheels, as the rails can be cast with thegrooves without any cost for the groove beyond the cost of the simplestform of casting.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedhanger, roller, and rail. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the "line.00 w also a section of the door or gate and the beam for supporting therail, shown in dotted lines; and Fig. 3 is a top view of the rail.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre-. sponding parts.

The hanger-plate A is provided with ribs a to give it the requisitestrength; and near the upper end said plate is divided at B into twobranches, 0, which connect with a top frame consisting of two bars, D,arranged parallel with each other a sufficient distance apart to aifordroom for a beveled or oval-faced roller,

E, and bent together and united at the ends F, forming a kind of yokewith bearings G on the under sides at the center for the trunnions orjournals H of the oval or beveled head= roller E. The inside of the barD, which is joined to the branches 0, and the said branches for a shortdistance below the junction, are made plain and flat to facilitate theuse of a green-sand core in the mold for casting. At the lower end ofsaid plate, and at suitable points above said end, ears K, with holes,are provided for holding the screws or bolts used for fastening theplate to the gate or door. The strengthening-ribs aupon the concave sideof the plate, terminate at their outer edges in the same plane with theextreme edges of said plate, so as to bear upon the door or gate, as thesaid edges of the plate do. L represents the grooved rail to be placedon the beam M for the rollers to run on, and N represents the notches inthe side walls to allow the water and other matters to escape or beforced out by the wheel.

I propose to cast the wheel journals and the bearings therefor in thehanger in chill molds, for hardening them for wearing longer than theywould if not hardened.

Having thus described my invention, I clai as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The beveled or oval-faced wheel, in combination witha grooved and notchedrail, substantially as shown and described.

' WILLIAM W. SODEN.

Witnesses:

SELLECK H. FANGHER, THOMAS G. NORTH.

